1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-052 // 2016

    Price and Income Elasticities of Residential Energy Demand in Germany

    We apply a quadratic expenditure system to estimate price and expenditure elasticities of residential energy demand (electricity and heating) in Germany. Using official expenditure data from 1993 to 2008, we…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2016

    A randomness test for functional panels

    Functional panels are collections of functional time series, and arise often in the study of high frequency multivariate data. We develop a portmanteau style test to determine if the cross-sections of such a…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-050 // 2016

    Changing of the Guard: Structural Change and Corporate Science in the Semiconductor Industry

    This article documents a structural change in the production of science in the U.S. semiconductor industry over almost three decades. We observe a change in scientific productivity over time, where smaller firms…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-049 // 2016

    Who's Coming to the Rescue? Revenue-Sharing Slumps and Implicit Bailouts During the Great Recession

    This paper analyzes the distribution of discretionary transfers from higher tiers of government in the process of fiscal adjustment in local jurisdictions which were hit by a negative revenue shock in formula…

  5. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2016

    Quartal 2 - 2016

    • Skepsis am Immobilienfinanzierungsmarkt nimmt wieder zu
    • Wendepunkt erreicht?
    • Logistik- und Einzelhandelsimmobilien verlieren besonders gegenüber dem Vorquartal
    • Aufhellung an den Refinanzierungsmärkten
    • Sonderfrage:…
  6. ZEW-Newsletter // 2016

    2016-06

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call for Papers
      • Achte ReCapNet-Konferenz zu Behavioural Real Estate
      • ZEW-Workshop zur Integration von Einwanderern
    3. Personalia
      • Gastwissenschaftler
    4. Presse
    5. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWn…